Organic Discipleship: Mentoring Others Into Spiritual Maturity and Leadership - Softcover

McCallum, Dennis; Lowery, Jessica

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0983668108 ISBN 13: 9780983668107

Publisher: New Paradigm Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

Two leading disciplemakers explain how they mentor disciples in one of the most successful disciplship-based churches in North America. Biblical and practical, this book gets down to the real questions in the disciple making process:
How can I avoid discredited authoritarian models for disciple-making?

What is the biblical case for making disciples?

How can I disciple others if I was never discipled?

How do I select someone to disciple?

How do I get started?

How do I become the kind of close friend that can influence another?

What sort of goals should we set?

What kind of study content is most helpful?

How can I foster a love of prayer in another?

Why do people follow some models more than others?

How can I create a life-long thirst for doing ministry?

How can I effectively coach my friend in his or her ministry?

When and how do I release a disciple to independence?

These authors are experts who have raised up hundreds of house church leaders and other Christian workers during their combined 60 years of experience.

About this title

From the Publisher

This is currently the most comprehensive guide to spiritual parenting (discipleship) in print today. The church in which the authors serve is Xenos Christian Fellowship in Columbus, Ohio. The process revealed in this book has helped Xenos to bring 80% of their church members into a discipling relationship with another person. Simply amazing!

From the Author

How did the early church raise up leaders and servants when they had no seminaries or training schools? Why were they so vital that they grew in a way never seen since the first century? Maybe we should take a look at the ancient method of mentoring that built quality into people's lives, instead of warehousing numbers who passively absorb what the professionals dish up?

This is not a curriculum for making disciples.

Forget about formulas for making disciples.

Avoid high-control, "shepherding" theories of discipleship.

This is an approach that grows the organic way: out of love relationships and real community.

Jesus didn't only tell us to go and make converts. He told us to go and make disciples! Maybe if the modern church focused more on building into the lives of its people we would see the kind of dynamic fellowship described in the New Testament.

Edition details

• Publisher: New Paradigm Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0983668108
• ISBN 13: 9780983668107
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 330